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Offline eventhorizon

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Theme Music
« on: September 24, 2022, 03:50:57 am »
Since someone on here asked about the theme music that's played on startup, it's a preset and demo on my Korg Karma synthesizer keyboard called "Isle of Indigo".  The synth is a specialized member of the Korg Triton series, where the name "Triton Center" comes from.

Here is an old demo I made of that preset on the website, it's from 2014:
https://www.skyscrapersim.net/downloads/other/isle_of_indigo.mp3

In the source code repository, the file was added on June 12, 2006 as intro.mp3, later changed to intro.ogg on March 23, 2009 (that's when sound support was added to the C++ version).

But the original file, intro.wav, was created for the original development series before Skyscraper 1.0, and the timestamp is October 6, 2003 (Skyscraper 1.0 was from mid-2004, and includes it as intro.mp3).

I also have music I've made on that same synthesizer, if you were interested in hearing it, I might make a separate post about it.

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Re: Theme Music
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2022, 10:04:14 am »
i recommend listening to the skyscrapersim intro and the isle of indigo with headphones.
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Re: Theme Music
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2022, 11:23:45 am »
That sounds like some jungle theme of sorts based on the instruments being used.
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Re: Theme Music
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2022, 01:22:48 pm »
It's always nice and - for some reason - even nostalgic having those tones ring in my ears whenever I start the game up. That's one of the many beauties of the game itself.
About the other music made with the same synthesizer, I am very very interested in hearing it :)
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Re: Theme Music
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2022, 06:02:16 pm »
I was just thinking about this actually, always wondered where the theme music came from. Very cool that is was composed! Very interesting to hear.
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Re: Theme Music
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2023, 03:44:26 pm »
love this theme, very nostalgic.
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